HOW MUCH WOOD WOULD A WOODCHUCK CHUCK

Livestock auctioneering receives its illuminating and strangely comedic close-up from legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog (NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE) in his bittersweet 1976 documentary HOW MUCH WOOD WOULD A WOODCHUCK CHUCK. A film crew heads to Pennsylvania to explore that year’s iteration of the World Livestock Auctioneer Championship, a competition that tests the mettle and skills of auction barkers in a display that Herzog describes as “the last poetry possible, the poetry of capitalism.” Keenly observational with subtle barbs of social critique, HOW MUCH WOOD WOULD A WOODCHUCK CHUCK is a vivid glimpse into a world where talking a mile a minute is the highest badge of honor.